Flower holder



K. :FINLAYISON Feb. 8, 1927.

' FLOWER HOLDER 1 Filed May 28, 1925 Jwmznto'b I Mlma Ef'mllgrson 15 details of construction ,Patented Feb.

PATE f MIMA K. F NLAYsonQOF LosnneELias,

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Application filed m 28, 1925.

This invention relates to flower holders and more particularly to devices for-holding flowers in the form ofa garland, and for supportingthem within a container. i The object of the inventionis' to provlde a device of this character rfor holding short stemmed; flowers, which is adjustable to fit bowls of different sizes and which maybe 1 cheaply constructed and decorated in any suitable or desired manner. r With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention'resides in the combination and arrangement'of parts and in hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may, be made within the scope of what is claimed without preferably of sheet metal although itmay be made of celluloid or any other material having the necessary qualities of firmness and resiliency. This metal ribbon or strip 2 from which the holder is formed is punched out along the dotted lines 3, to form fingers 4: which are here shown in the shape of arrow heads and which are designed to be bent laterally outward to rest on the edge of a container here shown in the form of a bowl B. After these portions are struck out of the strip 2 it is corrugated as shown at 5 which is preferably done by passing it the holder forms between. it 7 walls of the'bowl pockets 6 toreceive'and departing from the spiritof the invention.-

elevation of a porthrough or between corrugated rollers such SeriaLITo. 33,511; r v

The [corrugations 5 and. size so, that theyjwill fit onew-ithin the other when thee'nds'of the strip are over lapped as shown .in Fig. 1-. Y i I It is of course understoodthatthese strips or metal ribbon tape nay be of any desired 1 width and of any'desired length andrmay are of the same shape be finished-in any desired manner'andthey are adjustable byfitting the corrugations one Withinthe other as'sh-ownin'Fig l to is to be used.

adapt'them'to, conform to the shape ofthe When applied'i'asjshown in' Figs. 1 and 2' and the side support the flowers so that they may be ar ranged in the form of a garland and space at the center" ofthe bowl filled in or notes desired, such spacebeing ordinarily filled with a holder in the form of a glass member having sockets to receive the stems of flowers to bev supported, but which constitutes no part of thisinvention and hence .it is not shown.

These desired length and size as above described and sold individually for use in containers of any kind be lying in and ifdesired the fingers 4 may the same plane with the strip and holders maybe struck out in any bent laterally outward after the purchaser receives them so that they may be more easily shipped and stored.

1 I claim A flower holder including alength of corrugated metal, .thev ends of said length of corrugated metal adapted to overlap each other, the corrugations of one end lying within the corrugations of the overlapped end, upwardly and outwardly extended fins gers formed integral with the length of metal, said fingers adapted to overlie the upper edge of a receptacle to secure the flower holder within the receptacle.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

MIMA K. FINLAYSON. 

